Turning white: why does Brazil’s media whiten blacks in movies, soap operas, advertisements and history?
Note from BW of Brazil: I start today’s post with a memory from late 2011 in São Paulo. That year, the yearly Feira Preta (black expo) […]
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‘Guilhermina and Candelário’ is the first cartoon to feature a majority of black characters on Brazilian television
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil’s media has long had a problem with showing the diversity of its population in the mainstream. And in a […]
The everyday benefits of whiteness in Brazil: Five recent examples
The everyday benefits of whiteness in Brazil: Five recent examples Note from BW of Brazil: From time to time the question will arise in the […]
Record TV’s “Speak Brazil” news program – With the whiteness of all of its hosts perhaps “Speak Denmark” would be a better name
Note from BW of Brazil: Race in the media is a popular topic here on the blog and for good reason. The media’s influences on […]
Dear white people: wearing an anti-racism t-shirt won’t change the system of white supremacy – TV host seems to have forgotten the years of whiteness on her show
Note from BW of Brazil:This always amazes me. I won’t attempt to point out all reactions and types of white people in terms of the […]
Real talk: Why black television representation matters
Note from BW of Brazil: Black representation in the media is a common theme here on the blog precisely because, in Brazil, it is so […]
Brazil’s billionaire and multi-millionaire media moguls: Can we now understand the media’s lack of racial diversity?
Note from BW of Brazil: Over the course a little more than three years that this blog has existed, the issue of the extreme under-representation […]
“Brazilian television doesn’t portray blacks”, says journalist Luciana Barreto: TV remains far from a “racial democracy”
Note from BW of Brazil: It is a common theme among activists and also on this blog. Foreigners such as African-American activist Angela Davis, Mozambican writer Paulina […]
“A white man running is an athlete, a black man running is a thief”: A good criminal is a white criminal – The influence of race in media depictions
Note from BW of Brazil: A few days ago we brought you the story of a white former model whose once promising life descended into […]
Even a crackhead is better in white skin! Former model’s descent into crack addiction and media frenzy reveals Brazil’s implicit racism
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, Brazil’s press and society itself are actually quite predictable. Today’s story is just another implicit example of the […]
Media manipulation: After racist insult makes headlines, talk show features an all-white panel to downplay the issue
Note from BW of Brazil: In reality, this is so typical of Brazil’s media and how the nation itself deals with issues concerning race. The […]
Light-skinned blacks: How a Eurocentric Brazilian society undermines blackness
Note from BW of Brazil: The origin of today’s post is actually from June of 2004, although the subject matter was even before that date […]
Upcoming television “Sex and the Negress” provokes concerns over the continuous stereotyping of black women
Note from BW of Brazil: As the vast under-representation and stereotyping of black women and black Brazilians in general in Brazil’s super-white media is one […]
In one northern capital city (Rio Branco), city council approves bill to feature more blacks in advertising
Note from BW of Brazil: The necessity of diversity, more visibility and a dignified representation of black women and black Brazilians in general have been […]
